Super Bowl, Valentine's Day specials abound in region

Updated 1:35 pm, Friday, February 1, 2013

The Desmond Hotel in Colonie is offering happy hour all day Sunday in The Tavern with combos of drinks and select appetizer combos, plus $3 house wines and draft beers. For Valentine's Day, Scrimshaw will be offering a prix-fixe menu for $60 on Feb. 14 and Feb. 15. Scrimshaw Romance Package for two includes a three-course menu, overnight accommodations, a bottle of champagne, and strawberries and cream for $339, including taxes and gratuities. (Michael P. Farrell/Times Union)

The Desmond Hotel in Colonie is offering happy hour all day Sunday...

Maestro's at the Van Dam in Saratoga Springs is offering five stews all day Sunday, served family style with salad and biscuits. $15 to $25 per person for one to five types of stew. Regular menus also available. For Valentine's Day, the restaurant is offering the regular menu plus three themed dinners for two: Italian ($85 per couple), New England ($135), comfort food ($80) for four courses. (Michael P. Farrell/Times Union)

Maestro's at the Van Dam in Saratoga Springs is offering five stews...

Cafe Nola is offering Valentine's Day a-la-carte menu with highlights including shrimp remoulade, a variety of etouffee and blackened salmon. (Luanne M. Ferris / Times Union)

Cafe Nola is offering Valentine's Day a-la-carte menu with...

Comedy Works is offering a Valentine's Day dinner-and-show package for $100 per couple, including meal, champagne, rose, show by two headliners, tax and tip. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union)

Comedy Works is offering a Valentine's Day dinner-and-show package...

Mazzone Hospitality is offering a five-course Valentine's dinner for two to go for $180, including tax, a dozen roses, candles and $25 gift cards to Mazzone Hospitality and Bella Rouge Cosmetic & Skincare Boutique. Available for pickup on Feb. 13 and 14 at Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia and Prime Bar & Grill at the Hilton Garden Inn in Clifton Park. (Michael P. Farrell/Times Union)

Mazzone Hospitality is offering a five-course Valentine's dinner...

New World Bistro Bar in Albany is offering a Valentine's Day four-course menu, $65. (Luanne M. Ferris / Times Union)

Area restaurants and bars are offering the following specials for Super Bowl Sunday this weekend and for Valentine's Day — Thursday, Feb. 14. Valentine's dinners are available on other days where noted. Prices are per person, plus tax and tip, except where indicated. Reservations are recommended, and some places may already be sold out. Information was submitted by restaurants. To view menu details, visit the Table Hopping blog, http://blog.timesunion.com/tablehopping, and search for the restaurant's name.

• The Desmond, 660 Albany Shaker Road, Colonie. 869-8100. Happy hour all day in The Tavern with combos of drinks and select appetizer combos, plus $3 house wines and draft beers.

• Hot Harry's Fresh Burritos, locations in Glenmont, East Greenbush, Latham, Albany and Schenectady. Free bag of tortilla chips with the purchase of one pint of salsa, guacamole or queso dip; $5 off a Mini Burrito Platter with a minimum purchase of 10 mini burritos; $10 off a Build-Your-Own-Taco Bar (24-hour notice requested for latter two).

• Maestro's at the Van Dam, 352 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. 580-0312 Five stews all day, served family style with salad and biscuits. $15 to $25 per person for one to five types of stew. Regular menus also available.

• More Perreca's Restaurant, 31 N. Jay St., Schenectady. 788-7710. Five Super Bowl packages to go to feed five to 15, $68.95 to $149.95. Delivery Sunday is free anywhere in Schenectady County; delivery charge added for Albany, Saratoga, Rensselaer and Montgomery counties. Orders must be placed by 8 p.m. Saturday; delivery times available in half-hour windows between 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday.

• The Purple Pub, 2 Cohoes Road, Watervliet. 273-9646. Variety of family- and party-size combo specials, $19 to $60, available for takeout only. Pre-order by Thursday to receive $5 off orders of $25 or more and $10 off orders of $50 or more.

Valentine's Day

• Athos, 1814 Western Ave., Guilderland. 608-6400. Valentine's Day specials in additional to full dinner menu on Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 14 to 16.

• The Comedy Works, 500 Northern Boulevard, Albany. 275-6897. Dinner-and-show package $100 per couple, including meal, champagne, rose, show by two headliners, including Nick Griffin, tax and tip. Dinner at 6 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m.

• The Desmond, 660 Albany Shaker Road, Colonie. 869-8100. Scrimshaw will be offering a prix-fixe menu for $60 on Feb. 14 and Feb. 15. Scrimshaw Romance Package for two with three-course menu, overnight accommodations, a bottle of champagne and strawberries and cream for $339, including taxes and gratuities.